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Windows 11 Enterprise machines can now get updates while you work—no reboot required
By Ash Hill published
Microsoft has announced the official release of hotpatch updates for various Windows 11 Enterprise builds, allowing users to update their machines without needing to restart.

Open-source tool throttles CPUs and GPUs based on electricity pricing
By Jowi Morales published
ML Engineer Naveen Kulandaivelu built a CLI power management app that automatically throttled his CPU and GPU based on Time of Use pricing.

Snapdragon X exclusive Copilot+ features begin trickling through to modern x86 Windows 11 PCs
By Mark Tyson published
Microsoft has announced that several Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features are graduating from Snapdragon X exclusivity to AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V PCs.

XPG Prime tuning app dumps 50GB of anime girl photos in Redditor's temp folder
By Hassam Nasir published
A Reddit user found 50GB of anime girl pictures in their temp folder that were traced back to XPG Prime, a software intended to customize and synchronize RGB.

Linus Torvalds rages against ‘random turd files’ in Linux 6.15-rc1 directories
By Mark Tyson published
Linus Torvalds is back at his explosively scatological best in a recent rant about a Linux 6.15-rc1 pull request.

Microsoft eliminates workaround that circumvents Microsoft account requirement during Windows 11 installation
By Mark Tyson published
Microsoft pushes harder to ‘ensure that all users exit setup with internet connectivity and a Microsoft Account.’

How to use the Warp AI-enabled terminal for Windows or Linux
By Les Pounder published
Warp is an AI enabled terminal that does more than just run commands, it can interpret natural language and generate code, perform OS level tasks and much more.

New Windows file system option supports up to 35 petabyte volumes — ReFS appears in latest Insider build
By Mark Tyson published
The newest insider builds of Windows 11 are allowing users to create and clean install onto freshly formatted NTFS (Default) or ReFS partitions
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